Wage-paying machine or the like.



A. VON EARTH. WAGE PAYING MACHINE OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION TILED MAR 10, 1911.

1 l 1 4,828, Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

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A VON BARTH.

WAGE PAYING MACHINE OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10, 1911- Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

A. VON EARTH. WAGE PAYING MACHINE OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION TILED MAIL), 1911- 1,1 14.8Q8, Patented Oct, 27, 1914,

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A. VON BARTH. WAGE PAYING MACHINE OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAE. 10, 1911.

Patented 001127, 1914.

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.MAMM f d mt /211114 {X NY -i ARTHUR VON BAR/TH, OF NEW YORK, N: Y.

WAGE ZPAYING MAC HINE OR THE LIKE.

Specification 01 Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

Application filed March 10, 1911. Serial No. 618,638.

Payin'g h lachincs or the like, of which the.

following is a specification, reference being had-therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to machines for handling or counting out money, and more par ticularly' to whatniay be entitled pay-roll machines intended to be used in factories or elsewhere as sin-assistance to the counting out of theimoney for the employees and keeping a record thereof. I Among the objects of the present invention are to provide mechanism which is easily controlled by an operator and by which through automatic devices the amount of wages for each employee of a factory or other place may be counted out in both bills and coin, and a record kept thereof for the usual purposes of pay-rollrecords.

I will first describe one embodiment of my improvements and will then point out the novel features in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part'of this description and illustrating one manner in which ray-improvements may be 5 embodied, Figure 1" is a front elevation of at the left, the bill mechanism at the right and the controller-and recorder in the center, the operator being supposed to sit in front of the'last named, operating it by the keys thereof endcollecting the bills from his right hand and coin from his left hand according-to the wagesindicatd by his operationo'fthe keys. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the mechanisms shown in Fig. 1. Fig; 3 is a right-hand elevation showing principally thebill'mcchanism and part'of the control mechanism. Fig. 4c isa left-hand elevation in which all three of the mechanisms areseen. Fig. is a front view of certain parts, namely the motor for'the bill mechanism and the clutch and connections driven by said motor, many parts of the ma chine being omitted to better illustrate the eqmstruction. and'said iew indicating diagrammatically ccrtain ofathc electric con-- ncctions between the 'billmechanism "and the control mechanism; Figs. 6 to lO'relate to the bill mechanism, Fig. 6 being a partial crossscction taken on the plane 6 -Cof Fig.

' 8 and looking toward the rear and illustrating princi 'ially-tlie arrangement of the bill pockets." Fig. 7 is a similar view showing-a. modified arrangement thereof. Fig. 8 is a crosssection of parts of the bill mechanism taken on the plane 8-8 of Figs. 6 or '7 Fig. 9 shows a form of carrier may be used instead ofitha't shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is an enlarged view, its dimensions being substantially correct for ordinary sized paper money, of one of the bill pockets, together with a portion of the sprocket chain passing thereover. Figs. 11 t0'16 relate to the coin mechanism. Fig. 11 is a vertical cross-section taken on the plane 1.1-11 of Fig. 1. Fig. 12 is a top plan view of'onc corner of the coin mechanism. Fig. 13 is a vertical cross-section taken on the plane 13-13 of Fig. 11. Fig. 14 is a top view of the pusher or slide which pushes the coins out, while Fig. 15 is a right-hand elevation thereof, Fig. 16 is a vertical section of a part of the coin mechanism showing the drop latch which prevents the coins which feeding backwardly, Fig. 17 is a'detail view showing the recording mechanism and the electrical connections therebctwecn and the coin delivery mechanism; and Fig. 18 is a detail view showing said recording mechanism and the electrical connections there-' 5 between and the bill delivery mechanism.

such a machine showing the coin mechanism Similar letters of re t'crcncc are employed oral figures of the drawings. k

The control and recording mechanism is a type indicated at A, Flgs.

able keys thereon (4' according to the work that the machine is to accomplish. In its general principles the mechanism A may have many of the well known features of ordinary calculating machines or cash rcgistors, and will have ccrtain'othcr features hereinafter to be described. The keys a will have the amounts of coins, bills, etc, indicated upon them, and an example of the arrangement of such marking is indicated in Fig. although many other arrange ments could be adopted according to the needs oi the particular user of the invention. This mechanism A I prefer to coisti tntc a controlling mechanism for contl'o ling the bill mechanism ll on the one/land.

and the coin mechanism M on the other hand. and also to constitute a counting or calculating mechanism, prvt'srably' by printing the respective amounts and their sum upon a strip of paper in a marmen-that is well. lznoun. v.l"hc interior details of this mechanism will not be illustrated or scribed as they may be made of any recog" niyed type such as is lznown in the a 't.

As a. controlling mecl anism there must be connection to the coin mechanism ill and the bill meehai'iism ll. and l have chosen to represent for such connection suitable electrical. circuits, whereby the depression l the proper keys in the mecl'ianism A serves to control the mechanisms Ti and ill. Thus each of the l; ys a may ellect an electrical contact in a manner that is indicated in the lower part of l-where an extension of each ol the keys a is arrai'iged on being depre 1' .d to contact with a member G the two harming part of an electric circuit which is indicated by the wires seen in the figure. The exact arrangement of these in is not fully shown in Fig.1, but will be fully understood by those skilled in the art, especially in connection with the other figures where the same is shown more fully.

ll; uhould be stated in connect-ion w' l. and '2 that while only eleven of the keys are shown as having moi'iey *alues on them, there are nine lurtlieinkeys witl'iout money values and these ,lieys maybe such as are frequentlyprovidedin counting and reg steriug meclnn'iisms forvarious and Inisccllancruis purposes of the n'iachine, For example printing special characters, causing a total to be taken, etc.

I will now describe the bill mechanism ll.

The bill mechanism has a. table '5 prei'erably mounted on legs as shown, and the upper part of the table Z) may be cut away as indicated in the dotted line at i) in Fig. 2 so as to make space to receive the diflerent bill pockets her inaitter to no described. llhere are a series of bill pockets eaown ll'lflllflfl ch 0 i2, and 0 each of which contains a dill'ercnt (lOllOIl'llllilhlOIl ol bills, for example fifty, twenty, ten, five andtwo dollars and one dollar respi'ctively. Each of the bill pockets is arranged so as to move uji Ribltll) and downwardly independently ottlie otl er bill pockets, and any suitable mechanism may be employed tori this purpose. i

The bill Inecl'n'n'iism l3 has a projecting shelf in front of it with a dislrshaped recess 7) oi sullicient size to hold a tow loose bill-s. The plan of operation'of my bill mechanism is substantially as follows:

descril1 e the pockets more in detail and their inanncr'of cooperation min the mechanism which trans'l'ers the bills ltrom the pockets to the recess 7/ The pockets according to lll'. 3 are united at (1 so as to enable them to he swung'upwardly or dmvnwardly they inn-molly remaining downwardly and being km. .1 i I 1.. L i" 2. 01 l1 1 mh at sum mines as the opei atlon or t ieu respci 'lire keys occurs. .ihen the key is pressed and the current passes an actuation will take place through a solenoid c which pulls its armature or, which'm turn through a roller 0 pulls down upon the arm 0 which is a continuation of an arm c secured to the bill pocket 0', the said arms 0 c affording the pivotal connectionto thepi vot already referred to.

the arm is swung; and the pocket is raised :lrorn the position seeniin Fig. (3 to an elevated position which is indicated by the pocket in Fi e". 8, the limit of upward movement being detern'iu'ied by the striking,

of the arm 0 against the solenoid. is thus struck which gives a. tendency in the topmost bill to move out or the pocket when it will he acted upon by the suction device hereina'lter 'to bedescribed. 1 represents a stack of billsin the pocket 0 and c represents the topmost bill which is the one about a pair of toothed wheels toothed wheels to prevent a reverse rotation thercot and downward movement of the member The rack 0 will preferably be arranged below the inner surface of the pocket walls instead ol' projeeting therefrom, and in this way in teirferonce with the billsis avoided. I I i Suction is niaixltainild within the interior of the hollow casing B of the bill mechanisin, and the pipe B may he considered as an exhausting means for this purpose, it obviously being capable of connection to any desired ethausiin; apparatus. The interior of lne casing- B being exhausted, there is a continual tendency to air inflow. and this is the means that I have employ'cdto e 'iract the topmost bill from a pocket at each operation for the purposes of this invention. 'fllach bill as it is lifted fro'rnits pocket bv the combined action of the sudden s toppagfe oi the pocket and of the suction or inward .llow air taken in charge by a. trans- TV h en the current pa sscs and the solenoid is energized,

- to its advanced position, said 0" formed along two opposite sidesol' the pocket and there being a, pair of pawls coii 'ierating with the of rods (Z.

open the shutters (13" transferred to the recess b. Such transferring means may cmnprisc a belt or a carrier havinga pair of sprocket chains D passing around a pdir of sprocket wheels D, and a second pair of such wheels at the other end, the two chains carrying a series of cross members constituting a carrier, all contained within the casing B. The carrier D is built up of links (I and pivots, and I preferably-extend each pivot across from one side to the other by a series Upon each of the rods d is mounted a louvre or shutter d which preferably is intended to turn freely about the rod and consists generally of a piece ofsheet metal or other material of the full length shown in Fig. 6 and of a substantial width as seen in Fig. 10 so that each shutter will extend from its own pivot to rest upon the succeeding shutter, thereby substantially but not entirely closing the space between the rods against the flow of air. the shuters (l resting thus one upon the other except at a point directly above the pocket 0 where the shutters are opened in a manner and fora reason which will be deferring means and scribed.

It is desired to concentrate the action of the inflowing air or of the suction to the bill pocket which is in operation, and it is for this reason that I have provided the shutters referred to so that the inflow of air will be gen erally prevented. Such inflow, however, and the full action of the suction will be permitted above the bill pocket which is in operation, and this may be efi'ected by the 'following means. Referring to Figs. 6, 8 and 10, each of the swinging pockets 0 has a series of fingers a, they tical by means of springs 0 in a yielding manner so that there will be no breakage. On'the elevation of the bill pocket the fingers 0 will rise between the rods d of the sprocket chain and will contact and force directly above the pocket, this action being clearly seen in Fig. 8 where three shutter spaces are open exposing the topmost bill directly to the pneumatic action. Upon rising to the position shown in Fig. 8, the bill pocket immediately drops to its normal position, but the combmed actions described cause the topmost bill to be held against the carrier D, it being thus drawn from the pocket; and there will always be suflicient leakage of air to cause the bill to sufiiciently adhere to the carrier so as to be carried along with it in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 8' until the pointed edge B of the casing B engages the bill and diverts it into the recess b of easy access to the operator. At each end of the shutter d. is seen a nose projection whose purpose is to coiiperate with the fingers (9 and divert them one way or the other-from the vertical, and thus prevent breakage.

Fig. 8 shows being held substantially ver-.

tractihg the top bill from the v and such form of links is 1 upper part of Fig. 8, they 1 the lower part to more clearly show the con- .struction of the shutters.

This action will be clearly understood from Fig. 10.

The construction Fig. 7 are substantially on the same principles as with Fig. (i, the difference being that in the case of Fig. 7 the bill pocket does not swing upwardly and downwardly but maintains the bills in horizontal position while lifting is being done in this case with a pair ofsolenoids 0" and 0 In either form of device seenin both F igs. 6 and 7, a strip 0" may be employed secured at each side of the lower walls of the casing B to shut oil to some extent possible leakage of air at those points. Contrivanccs in the form of strips of extremely light celluloid or other material may be employed along the upper side edges of the pockets to give some resistance preventing the bills from freely pass ing out at the top and also preventing two bills from being lifted by accident at the same time, while permitting the top bill to be drawn out under the actions already referred to. An important function of the strips o is to prevent air flow edgewise beneath the uppermost bill, for this if it occurred would tend to separate and abstract from the pocket more than the top bill. In order,however,to allow air to be admitted between the top and the second bills, I have provided cut away spaces at 0 along the top side edges of the pocket beneath the strips (2, and air may also enter at the ends which are open as seen in Fig. 3.

The shutters (2 may be dispensed with in some cases and with them the fingers c and in such a case a sprocket device or carrier of the construction seen in Fig. 9 may for example be employed, in which the air passages between the members a? are coniparatively small and yet sufficiently large t" permit the full action of the suction in expocket. Fig. esprockct chain, also seen in the being omitted in 9 shows the links (i of th It will be clear sprocket wheels and usually continuous that the motion of the sprocket chain while tionary for short intervals, namely during the extraction of each bill from a pocket. Thus in Fig. 8 the pocket is seen to have risen for the purpose of having a bill extracted therefrom and the fingers c are actually engaged in the sprocket spaces. To effect stoppage at such times and permit it to the eafter resume, the following mechanisn may be employed: E, Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 5, represents an electric motor driven by any source of electricity turn driving a shaft c continuously. Said 'shaft is journaled at e' and at one end is provided with a clutch member e which is and operation as regards V must be interrupted and the chain held sta:

or otherwise, and in" its L, second inch inc) nominally orix' cs {1 1o uv pullo c C OK] I) W position so 111m, ti ic. Q'ts v-Jiii rosumc i o tho curlcnt of ciecuriof-y cut cioc' c c1 ii; containing; ho soico. is shown iiio on and hovi'wo & ons oat a which extend 0 6 soicnoid siicociy Wk u film's Wiii appear ii, the 1m HiLLLHQJiZ of iiiio opc-miion of "When the opci'ziior (icsircs to my work mzu the \z' i 5 $18.00 ho \x'iii 1 mocked each U UL'QQ- of to ose for n11 cxziui iiio, 3})O1Tfli3i011 will be US foiiou's: is :iii'oof i of ihe kov c ioscs i2 J circuit by the co'oinc'o Log of tho POI'iliI-S r and a TTiiis circuit inciudi on} source of oiccti'icity such as is conwufl i ily iilz' six-M0 41 E" niuiflie cir- Iiii'i :iiso includes tho siici ouis a and 1 which :11? pi'vfoi-roii ijo opcintcii sium l:

iling of :zuoou T1541 one ho soionoid a causes tho opcnin ciu'tch e e oiiii filo slow moving ohm or sprocket comes 'to at ouco. Vhiie this is occuri'ivsy whim ouoigriziiig of i o strong solenoid sin: iii on down in; 'Ni now of the viii i pool: on reachoicvms u immos iouci? position, whoa t i'iigghcst the o \ciio'n ("ioscriiiaoii nmi that of tho 51 air :uusc the, topmost Liii to bc :imciwi, flu; biii ti'icrougon being, suckig i inward so as to be li'i ill liilillcfi in contact against tho iowc icio of the traveler. Tho operator or; d "siug' a ko i'oieascs it soon as ho inn .1c and this rohisc effects the rc ngagcim U in"- tho ciu'tch a", 6 and "thus ire-starts the mom ion of the (i-avoloi", which thereupon convc s the bill from iis posi'on above its pocket iii-Lil us fie-- scribed iioii'i'ol'eci into if;

iiimi;

1m 1i i. him, as

of tho so ,i certain register 7 a para us,

com. ujiocnaims ins of i ,L .7 the iowcr for: (Le co ns 1 o :dcci. into a series of com div noncy containers us' and. their purpose ski-ch w the cispi'os pi oco of 1"" AOXEUHLEIOIL igiyc n Wogo may iio coin coinpmimoots may each be ioogor to coniain onuinbo tho some cionominaigion, icnhiy be separated mniw iiliiu c um its coiumus of coin and iLiYWSJ may coo: from ouch other by cii'visions as 12. this :iri'auggoincot the coin incchm.

'i'o so in at 00111;, transom;

portion is on flit moons of strips m ouch coml )tcd to hold. colns of given 1 LQFQ colopzu'tments my be consid as tho pocs c ii tho blil mechanism con out soon in Fig. i

11 m is onzibicii to contain ery lzu'genumioo 1m oi coins, and the coding out mocimnism I \YiaiCii'Wiii bo de cribed, adapted to lQQd.

ou i succi 7 columns \viizhoui; tho ncoci of any special njkont'son by 5 Opfii'ililfii. or any -1-o-adjiitlst moot oi"; the oi mm a'fcci' no column has ilfitii oxhzmsicd. mono; (ms :1 coin exit in "front, for ommpic the. ii (11' niokci compartment has m coin oxit xii 721%, such axi'; consisting; in a horizoifmi siii; 0'5" sufficient ci-c oizh to pci'mit ono coin but. not two to pass outwardly; and each of tho coirzpzwtmcnts Wiii hmo such a siit, they being; of varying depths according to tho coins. may have :1 flat bothom surface, as clearly indicated in Fig. 11" Tho clivisions toinoci in the compartments each caused to stand siigiifly above the fiat bottom so as to po mit coins to pass forwardly 'undocahc divimons in a manner that will be expiainci;

Tho (in ions may bc scouicni in piacc either soon at m. In cho lotto? cos the (i visit mriy from each of the. iiffoi'ont Each of ilile comparo m con- Each of the con'ipai'ti'nonts in both cases the feature of movability is .an assistance in putting coins into and taking them out of the compartments.

The means for feeding coins out is shown as a pusher or slide N having a stem n and forked beyond the stem in two branches 1:. and a, said branches passing forward in parallelism to whatever extent may be necessary to correspond with the number of columns of coins in each compartment. The pusher seen in Figs. 14 and 15 is of a size for three columns of coins, and its application is more clearlyseen in Fi 12. In action the pusher rests upon the fat bottom of its compartment and slides forwardly and backwardly thereon in the act of pushing coins out of the compartment. The walls m between the compartments and the side walls M of the casing are grooved or cut away at a? and n to'admit the pusher", and in fact as seen in Fig. 13 I prefer that the wall m should not extend to the bottom of the casing, but be suspended slightly thereabove so as to admit space for the side rails or branches n n of the several pusher-s. The means which actually accomplishes the pushing out of the coins consists in a-plurality of projections a formed preferably in pairs on opposite sides of the pusher, and of such construction that on each forward movement of the pushertho projections will engage the lowermost coins and shove them forward so that in the full operation of the machine each complete forward movement of the pusher forces a single coin out from the compartment into the recess m in front. In order that the pusher may be returned to its backward position notwithstanding the presence of the projections n, the latter are made in the form of wedges with inclined rear surfaces n so that they may ride easily under the coins. In conjunction with the wedge projections n I prefer to employ also a means to prevent coins being fed backwardly and this may conveniently comprise dro latches a", each of which is shownmounte centrally in one of the division walls m, the latter having an interior passage from top to bottom to permit the free movement of the latch. The lower end of each latch is inclined as seen at n", Figs. 13 and 16.

In the o eration of a pusher of the construction d escribed, referring to ,Fig. 11, coins will be fed on each reciprocation of the pusher and will be drawn from the rearmost column Got the coins in such compartment. To describe the action in detail it is as follows 5' Fig. 12 shows the pusher N in its backward position. jections n are behind the three respective bottom coins of the three columns. The several latches n are inclined at their lower ends so as to ermit forward movement but to prevent bac (ward movements of the coins.

The several pro- With this condition of affairs, the pusher is shoved forwardly the distance approximately the diameter of one coin. The three bottom coins are thereby each moved forwardly to the extent of one diameter, and the forward coin 0 passes out from the front slit into the recess m of easy access to the operator. At the same time the other two coins are each moved forwardly taking their place beneath the next succeeding columns, and at the end of the front stroke of the pusher the rear column 0 will drop to the extent of the thickness of a single coin and a new coin will thereby engage the pusher in the space a thereof. 0n the backward movement of the pusher the several pairs of wedge projections n will pass easily under the several columns of coins, and the pusher willbe returned to its normal position or that seen in Fig. 12, while the coins will be prevented from moving backwardly with the pusher by means of the latches n standing in their way. The rearmost wall does not require a drop latch with inclined bottom face, but instead is provided with a fixed lug'or projection a which stands permanently in position to prevent any coins passing backwardly out of the compartment.

A convenient means to actuate the pusher N is as follows: A solenoid I may be employed having an armature p acting upon one arm 7') of a bell crank lever which is pivoted at p and has a second arm p forked at p. The rear end of the pusher is formed as seen in Figs. 14 and 15 with a pair of supporting extensions 1) for a pin p, and the parts are so arranged that the fork straddles the pin p, in consequence of which the inward and outward movement of the armature 7) effects a forward and backward movement of the pusher, and the extent of such movement will be in accord ance with the size of the coin handled in the compartment, to which the pushcuapplies. A spring 72 may be employed and conveniently located about the armature p for the purpose of forcing the bell crank lever back to its normal position, thereby returning the pusher to its rearward position. The solenoid will be sufficiently powerful to overcome the force of the sprin p and the friction and other resistance of the coins in being moved forwardly. To energize thesole IlOld any source of electricity, conventionally illustrated at E, may be employed, and a conductor 7) may be employed to complete a circuit through the solenoid, the

source of current and the control device. It

has already beenexplained'that in the control mechanism .there is an electrical contact device a 4 consisting of two contacts which are adapted to be brought together by the depression of the proper kc For example if the key marked 53. is r epresscd, it will effect a contact between the contacts (6 (5; incl complete the circnib' so as to en 1'- V the solenoid l correspcinling no the con'ipartnient which contains live-cent pieces. 111 this way the depression of the key not only recorls ancl calculates as before e:\' planed, but ell'ects the feeding out of a live cent piece from the coin cmnpartment into he recess m. A bracket or support 12" Fig. 1. may be employed to support the solenoid in com'enien relation to the control mechanism .4 2, and an extension 2) ol. the table of cl'iecontrol mechanism may constitute the support for "rhe coin mechnni 'ni The recording mechanism inclinlcs there- "in a series of type bars 3/? actuated through lahc heel 7), each saicl type bars being proriiilerl with a type head p adapted to recorcl through a type ribbon 112 The type burs actual-ell through the depressible members f controlled by the keys a and an interposell lever member w" acting upon the heel p ol the type her. By this men; s the recording mcclnmism is actuated by the (lejiression oi any cey o the depression of i key also clo ing a circnih l-hrongh the "elccli." -al cont-a (1%", a, to a bill. or coin "conlaii rho denomination ol thc'contents of whirl: corresponds with lihe number inclicalell by any key.

'llhal; claim anrl'rlesire to secure by lie/a- 3 Patent is:

l. machine oi? 'l;h lilIlLl (les riberl enrboll l ing therein a sci". ol containers each nla i'ited to r :eive a pile oi bills, and seleclixely (moi-alive means connnon. to'all said conlaincre whereby rho hills may 'IClllUVQil I one at a lime from :,n containcr and a, con- "veying nneehanisni impartiz P niovei'nenz to sni l 12k as lGlliOVCll i "an a from, and ilelircreal Lo the win 2. A"; machine ol lhe lainrl r l :lvinga, lhcrein a scrim oi containers each 'znilaifilul lo receive a pile oi hills, and selec" opcraiivc pneinnatic nicans common ill saiil containers wlira'clyihe hills may renni'i'cil one at a lime from any oonminer; :HNl a delivery mechanism acling in niinivlion wilh saiil pneumatic means ierciiy each bill as rcnmveil lroni iis con ,l. machine nl alhe hinll. rihell embodying therein a series of confinincrs, each {11h pleil to re eive a pile ol hills ncnnmlic moans r-vhcrchy one bill al alinnynnry he re inoxcil from ills conlnlnrr, selectively opera-- tire means common to all sahl conl'aincars whereby Iiillll means may be rcinlcrcil opera live as in a conlnincr, will a llclivcr ll me hanism opern'live in cnninnclion wilh saiil pin-nnialic means whereby each hill rcniovell from ils container is ilclivcri'al lo the operal'a: v 1

.\ machine of the hinil ilcscrihcil cm .rlllllS ihor-a movable containers each adapfied to receive va pile of blili'i, means adapted to remove one hill a time from any container, a delivery l'nechanisrn acting in con innction with said means whereby each hill. removed is (leliVQL'C Cl to the operator, and selectively operative means whereh any, con'tzriner may he moved into the operative relation to seicl first named lllfl ls.

hotlying therein a series of independently movable containers each adapted to receive a pri V e 01'? bills, pnen .iatie means adapted to remove one bill ,at a time from any container, a rlelivcry mechanism acting in conjunction with said means whereby each hill removed is deliver-ell to the operator, and. selectively ohm-alivemeans whereby any container may be moverl into the operative relation to said first named means.

( L ."i. machine of the lunch rlcscrihecl,* em-- l' otlying Lhercin a series of independently movable cl'ni'tamcrs each adapted to receive a pile of hills, pneumatic means common to all said containers, adapted to remove one hill al; a lime frr n any container, a'rlelivery n echanism acting -in=conjunction with said. means whereby each hill removed is lelivereil rnthe operator, and selectively operative means whereby any container may be moved mm the operative relation to said first nan'ie'rl'means.

T. in a' machine ofthc lcincl described, the combination of a series oiinde iienclently movable hill container n'ie'ans moving any container, an endless cercrl a casing and 'Qnenmaiic sting through we'd casing and caror willnlrawing a, hill irorn :2. moved container. 5

" machine o f s lie li'iini ilescriherl to re onnnon to in pncn'nih in any conlnincl, v

in a machine of the idinl clescribmh the series oi? .irpwzu" ly' anll downwardly movable bill containers, means r solr-cl rely willnl-rewing the topmost an anil "feeding means for each ronlniner comprising n {cecl i'i'icmher, use, ailanlral lo, he novcrl upwardly by nnnnen- Il nnnanil 'adevice lor prevail-mg"its-clowns warl lnorcrnein;

ill. in a machine of the; hind rlciacribech e cnznliinnilull of a series of hilleontainers rarrier having opcnahle and closahle Sllllli" i l machine or the hind described emsin 1- rtainers each 1 tel-s, pneumatic means for maintaining suction on the side ot the carrier opposite the containers, and means :lor si-iectively opening shutters for withdrawing bills from eontainers.

11. In a machine of the kind described, the combination of a series of movable bill containers, :1 carrier having g openable and closable shutters, pneumatic means for main taining suction on the side of the carrier opposite the containers, and fingers movable with each container for causing shutters to open for making said pneumatic means operative to withdraw a bill from said eontainer.

'12. In a machine oi the kind described, the combination of a container :t'or hills, means acting on the face of the topmost bill for Withdrawing it, and a yielding air-tight device projeetin over the edges of the bills.

13. In a mac line of the kind described, the combination of a container for bills, pneumatic means acting on the face of the topmost bill for withdrawing it, and a yielding airtight device projecting over the edges of the bills for preventing upward air flow from acting at the bill edges.

14. In a machine of the kind described,

.the combination of a container for bills,

pneumatic means acting on the face of the opmost blll for Withdrawing it, and a yield- 1,114,a2e ca ing' airtight device projecting over the edges ot the bills for preventing upward air low from acting, at the bill edges; said container having a series of air openings beneath said yielding device.

15. A machine of the kind described en1- bodying therein a series of movable containers, each adapted to receive a pile of bills, means adapted to remove one hill at a time from'a container, a continuously moving carrier adapted to deliver each bill removed to the operator, selectively operative means for moving each container into the operative relation to said lirsl named means, and meansv controlled by said last named means whereby said carrier is stopped while said container is in the operative relation to the means removing a bill therefrom.

it In ctmihination with a controller, an electric circuit, a solenoid. therein, a movable bill container, connections whereby the solenoid moves the container, and means for withdrawing a bill from such container when so moved.

in testimony whereof I have allixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AltTllUllt vov lihu-t'tl Witnesses:

W M. J. Down, llmmnn'ru l3. KING 

